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The  Canada Green Building Council (CAGBC), Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA), Pembina Institute, Canada’s Building Trades Unions, and RESCON have issued the following statements in response to the federal government’s Budget…

The Federal Government has unveiled 2023 Budget. Below is a brief recap from the Ontario Construction Secretariat that includes an economic overview and additional information about the Clean Technology and Clean Hydrogen Investment Tax…

TORONTO — Real estate observers say a new mortgage code of conduct promised in the federal budget will be handy for Canadians facing financial difficulties, but they still feel the economic plan was lacking needed housing affordability…

TORONTO — Ontario's financial services watchdog is proposing changes to guidance offered to mortgage agents and brokerages in an effort to deter deceptive and fraudulent mortgage activity.The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of…

OTTAWA – Canada's annual inflation rate continued to slow last month, reaffirming the central bank's decision to hold its key interest rate steady.In its latest consumer price index report released Tuesday, Statistics Canada said…

OTTAWA – Canada faces its own set of economic challenges and its central bank is setting interest rates accordingly, Carolyn Rogers said as the Bank of Canada and U.S. Federal Reserve appear to be charting different paths.In a…

PICKERING, Ont. – Ontario will allow students in Grade 11 to begin working toward their apprenticeships in skilled trades.Education Minister Stephen Lecce says it's a deal that lets high school students earn credits toward a…

OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada is holding its key interest rate steady for the first time in a year while reiterating its wait-and-see approach to monetary policy.The central bank said Wednesday that it has decided to hold its key rate…

Property taxes in Vancouver will jump by nearly 11 per cent this year after city councillors approved a $1.97 billion operating budget for 2023.Council voted Tuesday to pass the budget which contains a property tax increase of 10.7 per…

OTTAWA — The Canadian economy ended 2022 with a deeper slowdown than anticipated amid higher interest rates but appears to have gained momentum at the start of the new year.On Tuesday, Statistics Canada said real gross domestic product…